"Sister, sister."

When Song Sanniang was mediating the conflict between the two little girls, a woman in red clothes and quite heroic walked over, and then saw the girl named Siyan crying and said: "What are you crying about, your own baked cakes have been eaten, why do you want your sister to give you the baked cakes, but I ignored it but ran over to complain, go, go back to the house and copy the three-character scripture again, and you are not allowed to come out if you don't finish copying it." ”

"Ah, mother."

The little girl was crying when she heard this, but the woman in red was not soft-hearted at all, and with a wave of her hand, she asked people to take the crying female doll back to the house and copy the three-character scripture.

At this time, Song Sanniang looked at the woman in red and said, "What useful news can my sister get when she goes down the mountain this time?" ”

The red lady nodded and said: "There are indeed a few useful news, Zhang Xianzhong transferred troops to prepare to attack Sichuan again, but met General Qin Liangyu halfway, retreated without a fight, and never entered Sichuan." ”

"Well, Zhang Xianzhong is bound to win the Sichuan terrain, and he will not give up so easily, but after suffering our Kuimen generation, Zhang Xianzhong and Qin Liangyu's white-pole army are at war, and we are the only ones who are caught in the center and suffer."

Song Sanniang smiled bitterly, and the red lady said: "Yes, but it doesn't matter, Zhang Xianzhong has not been in for a long time, the imperial court sent Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army and Hong Chengchou's Shaanxi soldiers, as well as Sun Chuanting's newly formed Qin Army to prepare to encircle Gao Yingxiang's troops in northern Shaanxi, Gao Yingxiang is the leader of the righteous army, and Zhang Xianzhong will definitely return to rescue Gao Yingxiang, as soon as Zhang Xianzhong leaves, our life will be better." ”

Hearing this, Song Sanniang frowned and said, "Zhang Xianzhong wants to go back to northern Shaanxi?" ”

The red lady heard this: "Sure, Gao Yingxiang is the leader of the righteous army, who dares not to save him if he is in trouble, who does not rescue, that is the loss of righteousness, how should the heroes of the world look at him, and how will he serve the public, but it is not easy for Zhang Xianzhong to save Gao Yingxiang, after all, he wants to go to northern Shaanxi to borrow southern Shaanxi, and now southern Shaanxi is the territory of Lantian County, he Zhang Xianzhong can bully and bully us, but for Lantian County, where the soldiers are strong and strong, I am afraid it will take some effort, and it will be a scene of two tigers fighting each other.

The red lady said, but she didn't see a trace of worry flashing in Song Sanniang's eyes.

"Hey, by the way, Sanniang, let me tell you an interesting fact, you know Li Chaosheng, the Zun of Lantian County, right?"

Song Sanniang nodded slightly: "I know, I've heard a little." ”

"He's getting married."

"Huh?"

Hearing this, Xiao Ju, the maid behind Song Sanniang, widened her eyes and turned her head to look at Song Sanniang, he was Song Sanniang's personal maid, and the little things between Li Chaosheng and Song Sanniang back then were clear.

Song Sanniang's expression was very indifferent at this time: "Oh, I didn't expect him to be so powerful that he would only get married now." ”

The red lady looked at the maid in surprise, then looked at Song Sanniang and said, "You don't know Li Chaosheng, right?" ”

Song Sanniang said with a smile: "Sister is joking, Li Chaosheng is a powerful figure, how could I know him as the daughter of a bandit." ”

Hearing this, Song Sanniang said: "This is true, but it is interesting, after the news of Li Chaosheng's wedding in Lantian came out, the world was shaken, and countless people wanted to send their daughters to Lantian. ”

Song Sanniang nodded when she heard this and said, "Yes, I don't know whose woman has this blessing." ”

The red lady looked at Song Sanniang strangely: "Sister, are you okay?" ”

"It's okay."

Song Sanniang smiled, and the red lady said: "It's okay, I won't accompany you, I'll go to the army to have a look." ”

"Sister is on her own."

……

The red lady left, and the maid Xiaoju ran over directly and said: "Miss, that Li Chaosheng is unkind, he actually wants to find another woman to marry, Miss, let's go back to Lantian, we can't be cheap with other women." ”

Song Sanniang sighed when she heard this and said: "Xiao Ju don't want to talk nonsense, we are the daughters of bandits, and now we are also engaged in the trade of bandits, he is a prince, and the world will not have him in the future, such a character, your young lady and I are not worthy of him." ”

"Why can't he be worthy, he Li Chaosheng is also a bandit's family, why should he look down on bandits."

Xiao Ju roared unconvinced, Song Sanniang smiled bitterly: "This is different, he is now a prince, and his wife should be a lady, even a noble person such as the county lord and princess, they will help him in his career." ”

Xiao Ju pointed to Li Niansheng, who was kicking the sandbag not far away, and said, "What about Niansheng?" He is Li Chaosheng's daughter. ”

Song Sanniang heard the words and said: "Niansheng is my daughter, I can support him, I am not looking for him in this life, how can he know about the existence of Niansheng, okay Xiaoju, this incident should not have happened." ”

"But miss."

Song Sanniang sighed and said, "You go." ”

Xiao Ju stomped her feet indignantly, and Song Sanniang looked at the sky and muttered, "Your lady should be everyone's lady, not a female bandit with blood on her hands." ”

Capital.

Emperor Chongzhen knew that Li Chaosheng was preparing for the wedding, and felt that he might have seized an opportunity that could be used, so he called Cao Huachun to the palace overnight.

Cao Huachun is an old eunuch of the Three Dynasties, when Wei Zhongxian was there, he had a lot of power, although the eunuchs were not reused over the years, but he was very popular with Chongzhen, compared with him, Wang Chengen was more than loyal, and the machine was insufficient, Wang Chengen was suitable to stay by his side and serve himself, don't worry about him getting power.

And Cao Huachun may not be as loyal as Wang Chengen, but he is definitely more reliable than the princes of the imperial court, because they are castrated, and all they can rely on is the emperor, and their rights are an extension of imperial power.

So they can only desperately get close to the emperor, because if something happens to the emperor, they will definitely have an accident, and they will die a miserable death.

You must know that they are not stupid, the emperor is gone, they are the dogs who lost their families, and the ministers hate to kill them alive, and the rebel army, these forces that can overthrow the imperial power, they can't take refuge, because that dynasty will use the eunuchs of the previous dynasty to serve the emperor of this dynasty.

In addition, it is Li Zicheng and these thieves who have the hope of overthrowing the imperial court now, and these eunuchs have been fermented by the public opinion of the scholars and doctors over the years, and they are all angry and resentful, and even many ministers have detained the big black pot on them that the people can't eat.

Therefore, the eunuch has almost no other way to go except hugging the emperor's big thick legs, and people who often listen to the commentary may have heard such a story, saying that when Li Zicheng entered BJ City, it was the great eunuch Cao Huachun who opened the Changyi Gate to surrender.

Actually, this possibility is almost zero, because six years before Li Zicheng attacked BJ, Cao Huachun returned to his hometown, and he may have secretly done some work for the imperial court, but he was not in BJ City at all, and now you insist that he opened the Changyi Gate to surrender, could it be that this old eunuch will also have a spell of space teleportation?

And this matter is not only controversial in modern times, but also a lawsuit at that time, after the death of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty had surrendered to the two 'important ministers' Yang Bo and Yang Shimao, who participated in Cao Huachun's book, saying that it was Cao Huachun who opened the city gate and surrendered, and asked Emperor Shunzhi to execute Cao Huachun.

However, later Shunzhi helped Cao Huachun prove his innocence, for which Cao Huachun escaped with his life and wrote a special poem.

Serving the country and being foolish and loyal, who is the unwarranted accusation? The family was slandered for six years, and believed that the past history was not true.

Just such a simple poem, you can see how helpless Lao Cao was back then, Lao Tzu has done a lifetime of lack of morality, what sin Lao Tzu dare not admit, but you made something out of nothing to open the door of righteousness and surrender, I can't admit it, I can admit the crime of killing the head, but you can't frame me if you haven't done it, Lao Cao is wronged.

In fact, according to the record of "Ming Ji Beiluo", it was Zhang Jinyan, the secretary of the military department, who opened the city gate and surrendered, and Zhu Chunchen, the horse, and it was not the Changyi Gate that was opened, but the Zhengyang Gate and the Qihua Gate.

And why put the basin on Cao Huachun's body, this is obviously to shirk responsibility, and want to tell the world that the Ming Dynasty died at the hands of the eunuchs, not us scholars, we are all iron-clad, and in the end, it was the eunuch who sold the Ming Kingdom.

To put it bluntly, this is the dumping of the scholar class.

And the saying that Cao Huachun opened the city and surrendered is so popular, the first is that the "History of the Ming Dynasty" repaired by the Qing Dynasty does have rumors that Cao Huachun opened the door and surrendered, but we have already mentioned it before, the history of the Ming Dynasty, that is the, after all, Zhang Xianzhong also killed 60,000 people, is this also true, does the Ming Dynasty have a population of 600 million?

Another important reason is that the popularity of eunuchs in the eyes of the people is too poor, and the propaganda of scholars has become a trend.

Just like Zhuge Liang, the myth of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang didn't have a straw boat to borrow arrows at all, let alone an empty city plan.

So it's true that Lao Cao is a bastard, but he is still loyal to Chongzhen, and he is also a rare person under Chongzhen who can do things.

This time, Chongzhen called Cao Huachun into the palace, mainly to know if Li Chaosheng was preparing for a big wedding, and whether he could take advantage of it.

"Your Majesty."

In the imperial study in the palace, Chongzhen sat on a chair, Queen Zhou stood behind Chongzhen, he came to give Chongzhen food, but he was left to listen, Chongzhen's original words were: "I have nothing to hide." ”

So Empress Zhou also listened, and in front of the imperial book case, there were two people standing, one was the great eunuch Cao Huachun, and the other was the emperor's personal eunuch Wang Chengen.

These two can be regarded as the pinnacle of the eunuch world, at this time, the two of them stood respectfully, Chongzhen took a sip of the tofu soup stewed by Queen Zhou, looked up at the two eunuchs and said, "I heard that Lantian Li Chaosheng is preparing for a big wedding and is choosing a suitable woman?" ”

Hearing this, Cao Huachun said: "It is Your Majesty, Jinyiwei has confirmed the authenticity of this news. ”

Chongzhen took a sip of soup and said, "Then do you think there is a place where you can use it?" ”

Hearing this, Cao Huachun said: "Your Majesty, the old slave thinks that he can send a beautiful woman into Lantian to confuse Li Chaosheng, but if he can't do it, he can also be a spy." ”

Hearing this, Chongzhen said: "What are the odds? ”

Cao Huachun said: "If His Majesty personally decrees, it can be sixty percent." ”

Hearing this, Chongzhen looked at Cao Huachun and said, "I personally made an order?" Let's talk about it. ”

Cao Huachun said: "It's Your Majesty, but this matter is difficult for Your Majesty, the old slave said this method, it is insulting to Your Majesty's Long Yan, the old slave invited himself to thirty battles, and then came back to offer advice to Your Majesty." ”

Hearing this, Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "I forgive you for your innocence, say it." ”

Cao Huachun said: "Your Majesty, the old slave's strategy is that Your Majesty can reward some of the palace maids of the right age to Li Chaosheng, these palace maids are all good-looking, if one person is valued by Li Chaosheng, marries as a wife, or even fills the house as a side room, it will be of great benefit to us, and Your Majesty can reward more, there are more people, Li Chaosheng can choose more, and we have a good chance of winning, and the old slave can also train a few spies in it to spy on intelligence for His Majesty." ”

"Bold, Cao Huachun, you are crazy, the palace maid is Your Majesty's, how can there be any reason for Your Majesty to give your women to your courtiers, and you don't hurry up to make amends to Your Majesty."

Hearing this, Wang Chengen shouted angrily, and Cao Huachun immediately kowtowed: "Your Majesty, the old slave is guilty, the old slave is guilty." ”

Chongzhen frowned when he heard this, this is indeed a shameless thing, especially for men, there is always a very wretched feeling when a man sends a woman out, especially Gong E, this is nominally the emperor's woman, the emperor can sleep with anyone he wants, and now he will send it away, the emperor as a man, there must be something a little strange.

"What does the queen think?"

Empress Zhou looked at Chongzhen and said, "It's all up to Your Majesty." ”

Chongzhen sighed and said: "That's it, the country is so stormy, some women are just that, why can't you bear it, send, send more, it just so happens that the palace can reduce some expenses and send five hundred people over." ”

Hearing this, Queen Zhou said, "Yes." ”

Chongzhen glanced at Queen Zhou and said, "How many palaces do we have now?" ”

When Empress Zhou heard this, she said, "There are more than 1,800 people. ”

Chongzhen took a breath and said, "Then send eight hundred people over." ”

"Ah, Your Majesty, isn't that too much?"

Empress Zhou opened her mouth and said, Chongzhen heard this and said: "To deal with people like Li Chaosheng, you have to make a heavy bet, pick 800 women with delicate looks and suitable age, and send them to Lantian." ”

"Yes."

Queen Zhou replied, after all, the harem steward is Queen Zhou, and this kind of thing must be agreed by Queen Zhou.

"Okay, after the selection is good, it will be handed over to Cao Daban for training for a month, and then sent to Lantian, and it will be said that I will be rewarded, and Wang Daban will say that Lantian County will make Li Chaosheng work hard and make high achievements, and I will reward his palace with 800 people for his merits, and serve his life, don't be tired of my minister of the humerus of the Ming Dynasty."

"Yes."

Wang Chengen replied respectfully, and Chongzhen said: "The holy decree and Gong'e will be sent to Lantian together." ”

"Yes."

Everyone should be, Chongzhen got up and walked in the direction of the palace, Queen Zhou immediately followed, Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun looked at each other and did not follow, on the way Chongzhen sighed and said: "Am I the most useless emperor in the past, I reward my palace to my courtiers, I just ask the courtiers not to turn against me, hehe......"

When Empress Zhou heard this, she said: "Your Majesty doesn't have to be like this, Your Majesty hasn't seen a few of those palace e's grandmothers, and they will send them away, they will spend too much money on staying in the palace, Your Majesty only has two dishes for a meal, and they sent them away, we can save a lot of money for Your Majesty's use." ”

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